Self-Assessment of Self-Advocacy Skills Among Students with Special Needs

Abstract

Although universities provide an equivalent opportunity to provide students with the necessary education services and support, students with learning disabilities still experience academic and personal challenges at the university settings. However, students need to know how to advocate themselves in order to acquire the necessary assistant. Therefore, this study aimed at developing framework to provide students with learning disabilities with the required supports and service at the different levels of the university as well as to improve self-advocacy skills among students with learning disabilities. 8 students participated in this study and qualitative method was adopted. The finding showed that students scored moderate level of self-advocacy as well as some suggestion and recommendation were reported by the students as additional supports and services are needed at the university level.

Keywords: Self-Advocacy, Education, Student, University.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-33-12

Publication date: November 30^th 2021